Coach,
Miss you man, I’m doing ok.. Still WF training as able and growing. Missed you in Vancouver by three days.we were there all last weekend checking out the city by urban riding (see above pic).
Read DL every day, thanks for the chi hits!
Not sure if you’re an NFL fan. NHL? that’s clear. Anyway seems like Ricky gets it. Is he a WF warrior? I found this a super interesting read.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/michael_silver/07/12/ricky/index.html
This picture here is from an NFL player I respect as a humble,dedicated team player and he seems to know how to keeps his hips open. Maybe a few NFL players are on to DL? You coaching Santana and Ricky?
I hope you get back to the NW very soon, I will make a pilgrimage.
Namaste,
Steve Jones
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COACH RESPONDS:
Most Noble Student Jones,
we missed your CHI up in Vancouver, as well! Next time, baby!
Very rarely will i ‘sweat and tell.’ Only a few times with my celebrity and star athlete training has it slipped whom i am training, more often than not due to uncontrolled circumstances. To me, celebrities and celebrity athletes are no Higher than any other brave Warrior or Warrioress who comes to my humble Temple for the “Mt. Everest Of Personal Training.” Whereas most Personal Trainers or Yoga Teachers will do literally ANYTHING to promote their connection with a given celebrity, i consider such braggart thrusts of media thunder a violation of the very basic Tenets of the Yoga Tradition (the Yamas and NiYamas). Celebrity brandishing is an act of spiritual ignorance. Sure, i could desperately use the exposure my work with celebrities would generate, however i do my best to treat all my Students the same. i do my best to preserve the Student/Teacher Relationship to the best of my capacities.
Sure, many of you would be quite surprised if you knew whom i have shared WF Sacred Sweat with! It is most difficult with book agents and they like; many media execs through the years have essentially turned me down because i refuse to use my celebrity connection. Sad.
Even many of my own WF Warriors do not know that i was one of the first Pilates Teachers on Turtle Island, assisting Stephan Frease at his original Pilates Studio right on Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills. Stephan had imported the United States first “Pilates Reformers” from Europe and i worked as his Assistant in both Beverly Hills and Boulder, Colorado. Back then, no one even knew how to PRONOUNCE the word, Pilates! Now, there seems to be as many Pilates studios as there are Starbucks! in fact, i Sense a sad, modern day symbiotic relationship between the two franchises! Stephan’s ashes remain on my puja table and i remain close to him.
May God Bless and may the Dharma Wealth shower upon the Unknown Masters and the Humble Teachers of teachers who still honor the Student/Teacher Relationship in the face of economic temptations.
that is all.
om so ti
coach ilg
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